Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Something to Stay Awake For ❯ The Dream ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter One: The Dream

Chibi Usa's eyes fluttered open, and after a few hazy moments of waking up, she realized she wasn't in her own bedroom. Instead, she was in a place that she had never seen before. She franticly shot up into a sitting position and looked around in frightened awe. Her heart beat wildly in her chest, as thousands of thoughts rapidly raced through her panicking mind. Where was she, and how had she come to be there? Was she safe? What was going on?

Chibi Usa carefully studied her surroundings, and she saw that she was in an enormous bedroom made completely out of mirrors and soft, white silk. In the entire room, the only piece of furniture was the gigantic bed she was laying on. Everything seemed to sparkle brilliantly, and the air felt as if it were alive with magic. If she hadn't been so scared and shocked, Chibi Usa would have loved that room.

Chibi Usa looked up to see the ceiling, which was a mirror, just like the walls and floor. When she saw her reflection, she got yet another shocking surprise. Instead of seeing her twenty-year-old self in the mirror, her nine-year-old self gazed back! And if that wasn't surprising enough, she had somehow transformed into her Sailor Senshi form. She was now Sailor Chibi Moon!

"Sailor Chibi Moon?" A voice whispered, and the pink-haired girl froze, her heart practically jumping out of her chest. She knew that voice all too well, even if it had been eleven years since she had last heard it. But it was impossible for the speaker to still be alive, because Sailor Chibi Moon had watched the mysterious black cloud suck her up those many years ago. Thousands of emotions and thoughts suddenly were swirling inside her.

"It can't be…" Sailor Chibi Moon murmured, putting her hands over her ears, tears welling up in her eyes involuntarily, as more painful memories than she could count shot through her head. This had to be some sort of strange, sick trick or dream. Nothing else could explain her location or the voice. Whatever was going on, she wasn't about to let her heart and memories torture her. She squeezed her eyes shut, refusing to believe her ears and the entire situation. "You're dead…"

"No, Sailor Chibi Moon. I am alive." The voice whispered, and Sailor Chibi Moon pressed her hands harder against her ears and shook her head fiercely. Tears ran down her cheeks against her will, streaking her pale skin. She knew that the voice's owner was dead, and her desire to have her back wasn't going to be turned against her. She closed her eyes and thought that if she waited long enough, everything would go away, even though in the back of her mind she knew it wouldn't happen.

"No!" Sailor Chibi Moon cried, shaking her head even harder. More tears spilled out of her big, scarlet eyes, as pieces of her pink hair fell from the buns on the top of her head. She was so angry with herself for acting this way! She knew without a doubt that the speaker was long gone, but still the memories washed over her like a powerful tidal wave. "I saw you get sucked up in that black cloud! I know that you are dead!"

"No, Sailor Chibi Moon. I am alive. Just like the other Sailor Senshi." The voice said, but this time it sounded changed. This time, it didn't sound so distant. Before it had sounded as if Sailor Chibi Moon were only thinking the words, but now the voice seemed real. The words sounded as if they were being spoken out loud. Sailor Chibi Moon's eyes snapped open in surprise, and she saw, standing beside the bed, a figure.

The figure was tall, with short, choppy, dirty blonde hair. She had intense navy eyes, and an extremely serious expression. She was wearing a uniform, like every other senshi. Her skirt, collar, boots, and gem in her tiara were all bluish-green, but the enormous bow in the center of her chest was yellow. Despite the outfit, she looked more like a man than a woman. "Impossible…" Sailor Chibi Moon whispered, as her mouth dropped open and her hands fell into her lap in shock.

"That black cloud that sucked up the Sailor Senshi and I eleven years ago was actually a cloud of gigantic, evil hornets created by negative energy. They work for a wicked man who goes by the name of Onihiko. Onihiko possessed the Sailor Senshi and I, and all this time we've been doing his evil biddings in other universes. He made the Sailor Senshi and I kill innocent people and even wipe out entire worlds. But because of his hatred for Earth and all the positive energy here, we are in this universe now, planning to destroy this planet. If you act quickly, Sailor Chibi Moon, you might be able to save us." Sailor Uranus explained.

Sailor Chibi Moon rubbed and blinked her large, red eyes, making sure Sailor Uranus was really standing there. It certainly looked as if the senshi was there, but maybe she was just hallucinating. Sailor Chibi Moon, deciding to see if her long-lost friend was really there, slowly climbed off of the bed and moved cautiously toward the girl, her body almost exploding with hope. To her surprise, Sailor Uranus moved toward her too, and when they were close enough to touch, they hugged. Sailor Uranus was really there!

The ecstatic Sailor Chibi Moon burst into tears of happiness. After eleven years of loneliness and thinking her family dead, she finally knew the truth! Her mother and the other Sailor Senshi were alive, and she had the chance to bring them all back! And here, right in front of her, was Sailor Uranus! It felt like waking up after a long sleep, taking a deep breath after almost drowning, or even being born again. It was absolutely fantastic!

"You must hurry, though, Sailor Chibi Moon. The Sailor Senshi and I will only be in this universe for a short time. Onihiko wants to get rid of Earth as soon as possible, because the positive energy there makes him ill, so he will use our powers to destroy Earth quickly and then move on." Sailor Uranus said, pulling away from the embrace. "And also, you must be very careful! The Sailor Senshi and I are under Onihiko's influence. We have no free will or any idea of what we are doing at the time. We will try to kill you!"

Sailor Chibi Moon's mood darkened, and she shuttered at Sailor Uranus's warning. The thought of her mother trying to destroy her was unnerving. "But if you're under this Onihiko's influence, then how did you get here to talk to me?"

"I am still under his influence, but I can talk to you, because you're dreaming, Sailor Chibi Moon." Sailor Uranus explained, and Sailor Chibi Moon nodded soberly, her hopes for happiness disappearing like smoke. She didn't want this to be a dream. She knew that it was all too good to be true.

"I understand what I must do. I will rescue the Sailor Senshi and Earth from Onihiko and revenge the last eleven years I was all alone!" Sailor Chibi Moon exclaimed, jumping into an angry fighting stance. She didn't think that anything in this dream was real, and soon she would wake up leaving it all behind, but while she was here, she might as well pretend that it was true. It brought back pleasant memories of her fighting beside her family and friends as a little girl with hardly any cares in the world.

Sailor Uranus smiled and placed her hand on the young Sailor Senshi's shoulder. They looked into each other's eyes. "The faith of everyone and everything depends on you. Do not let Earth and the Sailor Senshi perish! Remember, Sailor Chibi Moon, that against nine evil senshi, the battle will be hard, but if you use love and friendship as a weapon, you will be victorious! The power of love and friendship never fails! Good luck!" Sailor Uranus cried.

Without warning, Sailor Chibi Moon found herself falling away from the magical room made of mirrors and silk and through a black tunnel. Sailor Uranus faded away into the darkness just before bright colors started flashing before her eyes, as air whipped all around her. She screamed hysterically, thrashing her arms and legs about. She squeezed her eyes shut, her whole body tense with apprehension for hitting the ground. Everything was so realistic that she got caught up in the moment, forgetting that it was all just a dream.

Suddenly Sailor Chibi Moon fell into someone's arms. The hit knocked the air from her lungs, and her whole body hurt for a second from gravity continuing to pull on her. Her rescuer's arms wrapped around her body, holding her safely against his or her chest. It felt like a man. She let out a very happy sigh of relief and opened her eyes, her body tingling from the fall.

The man clutching Sailor Chibi Moon was, to her surprise, the boy she had become very good friends with when she was nine, a handsome dream elf named Peruru. They stared into each other's eyes. He too brought back cheery recollections of the past.

Suddenly, he leaned down and pressed his lips to her ear. "Remember, Sailor Chibi Moon, that not all dreams are fantasy. Some are reality." Peruru whispered softly, hugging her to his body, and then twenty-year-old Chibi Usa shot up in her own bed, breathing hard and sweating, tears pouring out of her eyes. She was shaking so hard the bed was trembling. The dream had ended.